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<blockquote data-quote="Darth Shoju" data-source="post: 2441720" data-attributes="member: 11397"><p>I didn't mind the erratic camera in Private Ryan as it seemed a technique used for a specific effect. I only find it annoying when it is used in movies to cover for actors who can't pull off a fight scene. I don't recall it being a large factor in any of the LoTR movies outside the fight at Amon-Hen (I think that is the right place...the part where Frodo talks to Aragorn and then runs while Aragorn holds off the Uruks until Gimli and Legolas get there) and some of the scenes in the siege of Helm's Deep. Even there it didn't seem too prevalent and I have a feeling it might have been to help compensate for the complexity of the fight scenes (what with all the extras in elaborate costumes). </p><p></p><p>I have to agree that the "kids that are wiser than adults" idea is really lame. When I was a kid/teenager I didn't have a hot clue, and whatever wisdom and common sense I have now was gained through experience and <em>listening to my parents!</em></p><p></p><p>But one of my greatest peeves are people who go to a movie with either completely unrealistic expectations, who utterly miss the point or at some point misunderstood what the movie was about. I remember after the 3rd time watching Fellowship of the Ring in the theatre I overheard a couple of middle-aged ladies stand up and say "That movie was ridiculous. It wasn't what I was expecting at all. It was just nonsense about elves and such!" What the...? Then there was the time I saw Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for the first time in the theatre, and I was just trying to digest and appreciate the solemn ending, when I heard some moron stand up and say "That movie was so stupid! People can't jump around and run up walls like that!" Did this guy even watch the trailers? Did he know what movie he was going to see?!? Does he go to see Star Wars and say "People can't make light swords!". If someone made him go to see this movie, then they should avoid taking him to anything with more than 10 mins of dialogue and featuring no less than one gratuitous sex scene and massive explosion. Ugh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darth Shoju, post: 2441720, member: 11397"] I didn't mind the erratic camera in Private Ryan as it seemed a technique used for a specific effect. I only find it annoying when it is used in movies to cover for actors who can't pull off a fight scene. I don't recall it being a large factor in any of the LoTR movies outside the fight at Amon-Hen (I think that is the right place...the part where Frodo talks to Aragorn and then runs while Aragorn holds off the Uruks until Gimli and Legolas get there) and some of the scenes in the siege of Helm's Deep. Even there it didn't seem too prevalent and I have a feeling it might have been to help compensate for the complexity of the fight scenes (what with all the extras in elaborate costumes). I have to agree that the "kids that are wiser than adults" idea is really lame. When I was a kid/teenager I didn't have a hot clue, and whatever wisdom and common sense I have now was gained through experience and [i]listening to my parents![/i] But one of my greatest peeves are people who go to a movie with either completely unrealistic expectations, who utterly miss the point or at some point misunderstood what the movie was about. I remember after the 3rd time watching Fellowship of the Ring in the theatre I overheard a couple of middle-aged ladies stand up and say "That movie was ridiculous. It wasn't what I was expecting at all. It was just nonsense about elves and such!" What the...? Then there was the time I saw Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for the first time in the theatre, and I was just trying to digest and appreciate the solemn ending, when I heard some moron stand up and say "That movie was so stupid! People can't jump around and run up walls like that!" Did this guy even watch the trailers? Did he know what movie he was going to see?!? Does he go to see Star Wars and say "People can't make light swords!". If someone made him go to see this movie, then they should avoid taking him to anything with more than 10 mins of dialogue and featuring no less than one gratuitous sex scene and massive explosion. Ugh. [/QUOTE]
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